I'm going through some difficult stuff. I absolutely dislike talking about it on social media or asking for help, because I have a hard time trusting in people. However, my friends have encouraged me to not go through this alone. So, let's talk about how the last few years have gone for me.

In early 2021, my friend & roommate, whom the fandom knew as Chaos Coyote, died of a heart attack. He was only 36. It wasn't my fault, but I'll always be haunted by it nonetheless.

The management was patient with me and let me have a new 1-bedroom apartment in the same complex, with a new lease. There have been about four or five rent increases since then. It's been difficult but I've stayed afloat through incredibly generous friends, freelance gigs, and commission work.

A few years later I found out that my father was experiencing the first stages of dementia. I'm leaving out a lot of the details to protect his dignity, but his condition has since worsened severely, and he has demonstrated a lot of frustrating, heartbreaking, scary, sometimes violent behavior.

The issues with Dad have been impossible to ignore as the family has expected me to take an active role in helping him. It feels like an impossible task, and it's quietly generated volumes of stress for me. He's currently under 24/7 watch in a memory care facility because keeps acting up.

The depression and financial burden from the last few years have resulted in me being late on rent several times, and the management was very patient with me. But their patience has limits, and they recently changed their lease policy, which is now creating a new problem for me.

At the moment, I don't have a destination. I'd like to stay in WA state, mainly because I've had health issues of my own and disruptions in my coverage/meds would be Not Good. I'll relocate (again) if I must, but I also don't know how I'd pay for another cross-country move.

If it comes down to it, I'll see about crowdfunding or something similar, but the situation's a little more acute at the moment. I got (another) 30-day notice this morning on my door. I'm making enough to keep myself fed and the lights on, but that's about it at the moment.

Right now the short-term goal is just avoiding eviction. I've adjusted the goal on my ko-fi accordingly: ko-fi.com/jonasdrawsst... The first, most concrete thing folks can do is either donate or commission me through my ko-fi shop. (If you can afford it. Please do not break the bank for my sake.)

When I have it in me, I'll compose another thread about other concrete things folks can do to help with my long-term situation. I'm trying to deal with each thing one thing at a time, so I'm focusing on this first.